Biography:

School administrator. Born– April 25, 1927, Jefferson County. Parents– Elisha Roberson and Anna Louella Williams Bearden. Married. Children– Two. Education– Attended the University of Alabama; graduated from Howard College and George Peabody College. Worked as a carpenter’s helper, grocery clerk, milkman, bookkeeper, census-taker, floorwalker, postal clerk, park supervisor and public school principal. Served as a radio operator with the U.S. Navy during World War II; principal of Forest Hill School and Underwood School in Jefferson County; principal of Fairfield High School; administrative assistant superintendent of Fairfield city schools. Served as president of Fairfield Education Association. Died October 8, 1989.

Source:

Birmingham Public Library files;  Alabama School Journal, December 1967.

Publication(s):

Jingle Bells, the Lighter Side of Christmas Verse. New York; Pageant Press, 1961.